Citation

Greydanus DE, Pratt HD, Patel DR. Georgian Med. News 2011; 2011(196-197): 7-12.

Affiliation

Pediatrics & Human Development, Michigan State University, Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, Michigan, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, International Academy of Science, Education, Industry and Arts)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

21873747

Abstract

This article highlights comments on this question for both teenager and parent, focusing on key underlying concepts as neurodevelopment and sports readiness. Issues regarding neurodevelopment in adolescent sports are considered in this article. Understanding the neurodevelopment of the Adolescent Athlete and how this development impacts sports participation is critical for clinicians to provide parents, coaches, and sports organizers with valuable information about how to select activities for their children that will have a positive impact on their overall growth and development as well as optimize their benefit from sports play. Stories of child prodigies who began to learn a specific sport before age three stimulate parents to question whether or not they also should be enrolling their very young children in such aggressive training programs. Physicians and health care sports professionals should provide information to other professionals and parents about issues related to successful sports participation of the pediatric athlete, both as a child and as an adolescent.

Language: en